Louis Menand (first name pronounced 'lü-E) is a prominent
American writer and academic, best known for his book
The Metaphysical Club (2001), an intellectual and cultural history of late 19th and early 20th century America. He contributes reguarly to
The New Yorker (where he is a staff writer), and the
The New York Review of Books, among other publications. Menand is on the faculty of
Harvard University.
A graduate of Pomona College, Menand received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1980 and was Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York before moving to Harvard in 2003. His principal field of academic interest is 19th and 20th century American cultural history.
The Metaphysical Club won the Pulitzer Prize for History and the 2002 Francis Parkman Prize . In 2002, Menand published American Studies, a collection of essays on prominent figures in American culture.
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